relief
French, noun/ʁə.ljɛf/
relief is spelled R-E-L-I-E-F (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written French, the 6,385th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Relief is a French masculine noun meaning “projection, relief” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Restes des mets qu’on a servis”.
What does relief mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineprojection, relief
- 2
masculinerelief, surface elevation
- 3
masculinecontrast, definition, offset (against something else)
(mettre en relief) Make evident; give emphasis (to something), make stand out, highlight.
- 4
masculinerelief
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Restes des mets qu’on a servis. 2. Droit que le vassal payait à son seigneur pour relever un fief.
noun: 1. Ce qui fait saillie sur une surface. 2. Élévation de la surface de la terre. 3. Représentation topographique à trois dimensions, les échelles planimétrique et altimétrique pouvant être différentes. 4. Hauteur d’un ouvrage au-dessus du terrain sur lequel il est construit.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of relief
- reliefs plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce relief?
- /ʁə.ljɛf/
- \ʁə.ljɛf\
- [ʁəljɛf]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to relief
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is relief in French?
relief appears 11 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).